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From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a male person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a "city slicker". In the 1960s, dude evolved to mean any male person, a meaning that slipped into mainstream American slang in the 1970s.
I have a heated debate with many people about the use of the word 'dude'. It has been widely believed, used and postulated by Australians that the word dude somehow means camels dick or foreskin. I wonder where this idea orginated, given dude has many other colloquial meanings in the USA and in England.
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Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. [116] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [117] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
The terms "dude" and "dandy" imply two very different things and have so for some time. --Neil N talk ♦ contribs 12:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC) The OED always orders chronolpogically as a principle. The sequence is no guideline for relative importance currently or even in the past--just for the chronology of introduction of the different meanings.